Faces of New Bedford

Meet John Mosher, 51-year-old Math Teacher, and Coach at New Bedford High School. John has always been involved in sports and knew from an early age that he wanted to eventually coach and teach. John spent a little time in college after high school but still uncertain on what he …

Meet Randall Pina, 34-year-old Entrepreneur, Realtor, and Developer. Randall grew up in New Bedford and dealing with a lot of trouble during his youth, even dropping out of school twice, he knew he had to do something to change that. During a period where his parents were splitting up, he …

Meet Rafaela DeFigueiredo Spence, 36-year-old Principal of W. H. Taylor Elementary School. Rafaela moved to New Bedford with her family from Brazil, just a day before her seventh birthday. Transitioning into school in the US was a difficult task for her, as she only knew how to speak Portuguese, but …

Meet John Silva, 38-year-old therapeutic mentor, referee and coach. Jon started his coaching career during his freshman year of college, under the tutelage of Ed Rodrigues, while also working as a paraprofessional at New Bedford High School. He coached alongside Coach Rodrigues from 2003 to 2006. It was in 2006, …

Meet Chris “Gazelle” Arsenault, 30-year-old Morning Show Producer 2.0 and On-Air Personality at Fun107. Chris has always had a love for music, picking up the saxophone as a child and learning to play 11 other instruments throughout his life. After high school, Chris wanted to get away to find himself, …

Meet Kathlyn Dias, 26-year-old Model, Content Creator, and Social Media Influencer. Kathlyn was born in New Bedford to two Cape Verdean parents, who migrated to New Bedford to create a better life for their family. After high school, Kathlyn attended Umass Dartmouth for one year and didn’t return as she …

Meet Scott Botelho, 50-year-old Real Estate Broker Associate and Realtor. After growing up in the area, Scott began working at Massachusetts Department of Correction in Bridgewater. Knowing that he didn’t want to spend the rest of his life as a corrections officer, he started researching the real estate market. His …

Meet Shaun Monteiro, 30-year-old personal trainer, and owner of Finest Hour Athletics. Shaun grew up playing all sorts of sports, so when his dad got him a job working at Gold’s Gym in Dartmouth, he was very excited. Although he started as just the cleaning boy, he worked his way …

Meet Jeffrey Pelletier, 29-Year-old President of Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts. Jeff was born extremely premature, his lungs collapsed and he was given his last rights on his 2nd day of life. Fortunately, he pulled through and as he grew older he understood life to be such an amazing gift …